diff --git a/.changelog/859.txt b/.changelog/859.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b755065f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/859.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+resource/deployment: Avoid sending an update for trust settings if they have not changed.
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ec/ecresource/deploymentresource/elasticsearch/v2/elasticsearch_payload.go b/ec/ecresource/deploymentresource/elasticsearch/v2/elasticsearch_payload.go
index fc6d95229..5c8a544c9 100644
--- a/ec/ecresource/deploymentresource/elasticsearch/v2/elasticsearch_payload.go
+++ b/ec/ecresource/deploymentresource/elasticsearch/v2/elasticsearch_payload.go
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ func ElasticsearchPayload(ctx context.Context, plan types.Object, state *types.O
 		return nil, diags
 	}
 
+	if es == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
 	var esState *ElasticsearchTF
 	if state != nil {
 		esState, diags = objectToElasticsearch(ctx, *state)
@@ -69,10 +73,6 @@ func ElasticsearchPayload(ctx context.Context, plan types.Object, state *types.O
 		}
 	}
 
-	if es == nil {
-		return nil, nil
-	}
-
 	templatePayload := EnrichElasticsearchTemplate(payloadFromUpdate(updateResources), dtID, version, useNodeRoles)
 
 	payload, diags := es.payload(ctx, templatePayload, esState)
@@ -168,11 +168,14 @@ func (es *ElasticsearchTF) payload(ctx context.Context, res *models.Elasticsearc
 		res.Plan.AutoscalingEnabled = ec.Bool(es.Autoscale.ValueBool())
 	}
 
-	res.Settings, ds = elasticsearchTrustAccountPayload(ctx, es.TrustAccount, res.Settings)
-	diags.Append(ds...)
+	// Only add trust settings to update payload if trust has changed
+	if state == nil || !es.TrustAccount.Equal(state.TrustAccount) || !es.TrustExternal.Equal(state.TrustExternal) {
+		res.Settings, ds = elasticsearchTrustAccountPayload(ctx, es.TrustAccount, res.Settings)
+		diags.Append(ds...)
 
-	res.Settings, ds = elasticsearchTrustExternalPayload(ctx, es.TrustExternal, res.Settings)
-	diags.Append(ds...)
+		res.Settings, ds = elasticsearchTrustExternalPayload(ctx, es.TrustExternal, res.Settings)
+		diags.Append(ds...)
+	}
 
 	res.Settings, ds = elasticsearchKeystoreContentsPayload(ctx, es.KeystoreContents, res.Settings, state)
 	diags.Append(ds...)
diff --git a/ec/ecresource/deploymentresource/elasticsearch/v2/elasticsearch_payload_test.go b/ec/ecresource/deploymentresource/elasticsearch/v2/elasticsearch_payload_test.go
index b843e6912..9cadc8e54 100644
--- a/ec/ecresource/deploymentresource/elasticsearch/v2/elasticsearch_payload_test.go
+++ b/ec/ecresource/deploymentresource/elasticsearch/v2/elasticsearch_payload_test.go
@@ -2666,6 +2666,127 @@ func Test_writeElasticsearch(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			}),
 		},
+		{
+			name: "don't put trust settings into the payload if they haven't changed",
+			args: args{
+				esPlan: Elasticsearch{
+					RefId:      ec.String("main-elasticsearch"),
+					ResourceId: ec.String(mock.ValidClusterID),
+					Region:     ec.String("some-region"),
+					TrustAccount: ElasticsearchTrustAccounts{
+						{
+							AccountId:      ec.String("id1"),
+							TrustAllowlist: []string{"a", "b"},
+						},
+						{
+							AccountId: ec.String("id2"),
+							TrustAll:  ec.Bool(true),
+						},
+					},
+					TrustExternal: ElasticsearchTrustExternals{
+						{
+							RelationshipId: ec.String("id3"),
+							TrustAll:       ec.Bool(true),
+						},
+						{
+							RelationshipId: ec.String("id4"),
+							TrustAllowlist: []string{"c", "d"},
+						},
+					},
+					Strategy: ec.String("rolling_all"),
+					HotTier: &ElasticsearchTopology{
+						id:        "hot_content",
+						Size:      ec.String("2g"),
+						ZoneCount: 1,
+					},
+				},
+				esState: &Elasticsearch{
+					RefId:      ec.String("main-elasticsearch"),
+					ResourceId: ec.String(mock.ValidClusterID),
+					Region:     ec.String("some-region"),
+					TrustAccount: ElasticsearchTrustAccounts{
+						{
+							AccountId:      ec.String("id1"),
+							TrustAllowlist: []string{"a", "b"},
+						},
+						{
+							AccountId: ec.String("id2"),
+							TrustAll:  ec.Bool(true),
+						},
+					},
+					TrustExternal: ElasticsearchTrustExternals{
+						{
+							RelationshipId: ec.String("id3"),
+							TrustAll:       ec.Bool(true),
+						},
+						{
+							RelationshipId: ec.String("id4"),
+							TrustAllowlist: []string{"c", "d"},
+						},
+					},
+					Strategy: ec.String("rolling_all"),
+					HotTier: &ElasticsearchTopology{
+						id:        "hot_content",
+						Size:      ec.String("2g"),
+						ZoneCount: 1,
+					},
+				},
+				updatePayloads: testutil.UpdatePayloadsFromTemplate(t, "../../testdata/template-aws-io-optimized-v2.json"),
+				templateID:     "aws-io-optimized-v2",
+				version:        "7.7.0",
+				useNodeRoles:   false,
+			},
+			want: EnrichWithEmptyTopologies(tp770(), &models.ElasticsearchPayload{
+				Region: ec.String("some-region"),
+				RefID:  ec.String("main-elasticsearch"),
+				Settings: &models.ElasticsearchClusterSettings{
+					DedicatedMastersThreshold: 6,
+				},
+				Plan: &models.ElasticsearchClusterPlan{
+					AutoscalingEnabled: ec.Bool(false),
+					Elasticsearch: &models.ElasticsearchConfiguration{
+						Version: "7.7.0",
+					},
+					DeploymentTemplate: &models.DeploymentTemplateReference{
+						ID: ec.String("aws-io-optimized-v2"),
+					},
+					Transient: &models.TransientElasticsearchPlanConfiguration{
+						Strategy: &models.PlanStrategy{
+							Rolling: &models.RollingStrategyConfig{GroupBy: "__all__"},
+						},
+					},
+					ClusterTopology: []*models.ElasticsearchClusterTopologyElement{
+						{
+							ID:                      "hot_content",
+							ZoneCount:               1,
+							InstanceConfigurationID: "aws.data.highio.i3",
+							Size: &models.TopologySize{
+								Resource: ec.String("memory"),
+								Value:    ec.Int32(2048),
+							},
+							NodeType: &models.ElasticsearchNodeType{
+								Data:   ec.Bool(true),
+								Ingest: ec.Bool(true),
+								Master: ec.Bool(true),
+							},
+							Elasticsearch: &models.ElasticsearchConfiguration{
+								NodeAttributes: map[string]string{"data": "hot"},
+							},
+							TopologyElementControl: &models.TopologyElementControl{
+								Min: &models.TopologySize{
+									Resource: ec.String("memory"),
+									Value:    ec.Int32(1024),
+								},
+							},
+							AutoscalingMax: &models.TopologySize{
+								Value:    ec.Int32(118784),
+								Resource: ec.String("memory"),
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			}),
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {